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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIcE.

EDWIN It. DEVERALL, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

OIL-CAN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,620, dated September 27, 1881.

Application filed October 29, 1880. (No model.) Patented in Canada August 14, 188d.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN R. DEVERALL, of Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Oil-Cans, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification and accoin panyingdrawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective elevation, having part cut away in sections to show interior view.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of lower portion of discharge-spout, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the cap for retaining the dischargespout.

The object of this invention is to provide a cup or receptacle on oil-cans or on bottles to catch the oil as it wastes in oiling and prevent it from dripping and covering the can or bottle with oil. I also make provision for regulating the flow of oil as it passes from the receptacle by means of a valve at the base of the discharge-spout; and it further consists in making the discharge-spout reversible, all of which will be hereinafter more fully explained.

In the drawings, A represents the body of the can, having a top, B, provided with a large central opening, soldered thereto. A threaded cup, 0, having a flange, B, turned inwardly'at the base, is in turn soldered to the Dis a threaded cylinder, having at its upper end a head, D, centrally depressed, and provided with an aperture, into which a thinlble, H, is fitted and soldered. This thimble is slightly largerthan the stern of the dischargespout, and is made of sufficient width that it extends above and also projects slightly below the head D at the point of contact. The object in thus forming it is to prevent dirt, lint, and other accumulations from passing down into the cup 0 fromthe exterior, and at the same time to prevent the drippings ofthe oil within the cup 0 from passing out when the can is inverted. At the same time the space between the stem or discharge-spout I and the thimble H will be sufficient to allow the oil from the discharge-spout to pass down into the cup.

' The lower end of the cylinder D has an annular flange, Gr, turnediu, which rests on the base-piece J of the discharge-spout. The discharge-spout I is provided with a conical base, J, to which it is soldered. The lower edge of the conical base has an annular flattened portion, J, which forms a seat for the flange G of the cylinder D.

0 may be an elastic gasket underneath J.

An aperture, K, is formed through the conical base J, and directly beneath and soldered to the basepiece a frusto-conical tube, K, is soldered, within which a ball-valve is placed.

When the can is in an upright position, as shown in Fig. 1, the aperture is open, but when inverted the valve becomes seated in the smaller end of the frnsto -conical tube, and either prevents the flow of oil by checking the entrance of air, or regulates the flow of oil by gradually allowing the air to enter the can A.

The nozzle L is curved, as shown, toward the same side on which the aperture K in the base is placed, the object of which is to always insure the snbinergement of the valve in oil when the can is inverted.

The discharge-spout I and'the base J being independent or separate from the cup (J, the bent nozzle L can be turned around to any side of the can desired without changing the. relative positions of the curved nozzle and the aperture K.

When it is desired to till the can with oil the cylinder or cap D is unscrewed from the cup 0 and the discharge-spout I removed.

The invention as here shown, with but slight modifications, is used on common coal-oil cans, excepting that instead of affixing the tube centrally to the can it is placed to one side,which is more convenient when using a'large can.

Having described my invention, whatI claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. A detachable tube, I, having a conical base, J, an aperture, K, being formed through this base, beneath which aperture a frustoconical tube, K, containing a ball-valve, is $01- dered to said base, the upper end of the dis charge-spout being curved or bent to the same side on which said aperture is placed, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.

2. The threaded cylindrical cap D, having on its upper end a head centrally depressed, and with an opening therein, into which is soldcred a thirnble, H, part of which projects above and part below said head, said cylinder being further provided on its lower end with an annular flange projecting inwardly, and per end ofsaid discharge-spout-curved toward which rests on the base of the discharge-spout i the side of the spout on which the aperture K I, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

5 3. The combination of the can A, provided with a threaded cup O, and hzwing a threaded cylindrical cap, D, and thimble H, as shown, with a discharge-spout, I, having conical base J, provided with an aperture, K, frnsto-coni- 10 cal tube K, containing ball-valve, with the upis placed, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, this 12th day of 15 October, A. l). 1880, in presence of witnesses.

EDWIN R. DEVERALL.

Witnesses:

S. STROBHART, J. S. ZERBE. 

